[rdiff-backup-users] Bug in statistics in rdiff-backup 1.2

2008-08-17 Thread ahd71
Hi, Thankyou for the patch Andrew. I realy like rdiff-backup which now is my preferred backup solution! Keep up the good work. BR / ahd71 +-- |This was sent by [EMAIL PROTECTED] via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to [EMAIL

[rdiff-backup-users] Bug in statistics in rdiff-backup 1.2

2008-08-17 Thread ahd71
Hi again, Where is the patch, i looked in the http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=rdiff-backup but couldn't find a bug id at all. Maybee I'm looking in the wrong place? BR / ahd71 +-- |This was sent by [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: restore a specific directory

2008-08-17 Thread Andrew Ferguson
On Aug 17, 2008, at 1:07 PM, Max Duessar wrote: When I run --check-destination-dir I get more errors: $ sudo rdiff-backup --check-destination-dir /Volumes/Backup320/ Exception '[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Volumes/Backup320/rdiff-backup-data/increments/System.

[rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup for windows has a problem with root directory

2008-08-17 Thread ahd71
Hi, rdiff-backup-1.2.0-win32.exe has a problem when specifying the root directory on a windows host making it hard to backup a number of folders directly in the root with one single rdiff-backup command and some include/exclude options. This syntax works fine as it not directly specifies the

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup for windows has a problem with root directory

2008-08-17 Thread Maarten Bezemer
On Sun, 17 Aug 2008, ahd71 wrote: The workaround with the dot in 'c:\.' would be fine but when using include and exclude statements I can't get it to work as it results in the following errormessage: Fatal Error#58; Fatal Error#58; The file specification nbsp; nbsp; ''c#58;\dir1' cannot

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: restore a specific directory

2008-08-17 Thread Max Duessar
I urge you to remove the --force option from your command. Using the --force option can permit all kinds of destructive behavior; sometimes it will silently allow you to use rdiff-backup in ways in which it was not intended (thus leading to trouble later). This is how the man page describes

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: restore a specific directory

2008-08-17 Thread Andrew Ferguson
On Aug 17, 2008, at 4:16 PM, Max Duessar wrote: Fatal Error: Destination directory /Volumes/Backup320 exists, but does not look like a rdiff-backup directory. Running rdiff-backup like this could mess up what is currently in it. If you want to update or overwrite it, run rdiff-backup with

[rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup for windows has a problem with root directory

2008-08-17 Thread ahd71
By the way, did you try c: or c:\.\ as source paths? Or, change the current working directory to c:\ and run rdiff-backup with . as source path. Yes I tried all combination I could imagine except changing the working directory (smart thinking!!!). Unfortunatly it didn't work either.

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup for windows has a problem with root directory

2008-08-17 Thread Patrick Nagel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ahd71 wrote: | Yes I tried all combination I could imagine except changing the working directory (smart thinking!!!). | Unfortunatly it didn't work either. Maybee I'm doing something wrong with my 'globbing-file'? | | My goal is to backup a windows

[rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup for windows has a problem with root directory

2008-08-17 Thread ahd71
Hi, Yes, I tried that too without success. Thanks for trying to help out. BR /ahd71 +-- |This was sent by [EMAIL PROTECTED] via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to [EMAIL PROTECTED]